Sofar Ocean
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$66.6M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$22.3M
Venture round · Nov 2024 · 23 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
8
+3 posted in 30 days
Grants
$140k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
3
S2G Investments, Ocean 14 Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
23 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Nov 22, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $22.3M · SEC Form D
Jul 15, 2024
Won a grant $140k · CORDIS
Oct 2, 2023
Board appointment Ryan McIntyre, Director · SEC Form D
Sep 15, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $5M · SEC Form D
Oct 29, 2021
New executive Tim Janssen, Executive Officer, Director · SEC Form D
Oct 15, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $39.3M · SEC Form D
Oct 11, 2016
Took on debt financing $750k · SEC Form D
2016
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.3%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 4 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | $22.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Jul 2024 | $140k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Sep 2023 | $5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Oct 2021 | $39.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Oct 2016 | $750k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | OpenROV Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Eric StackpoleExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
David LangExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Evan ShapiroExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Tim JanssenExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
S2G Investments 
Ocean 14 Capital 
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News
NYK Rolls Out Sofar Ocean's Wayfinder to Tanker Fleet After PCTC Success Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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Sofar Ocean launches Wayfinder Voyage Simulator, a first-of-its-kind voyage planning tool
Operators, commercial teams, and chartering desks use Wayfinder Voyage Simulator to generate and evaluate unlimited voyage scenarios in seconds. Sofar Ocean, the leading ocean intelligence platform, announces the launch of...
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Sofar Ocean Launches Wayfinder Voyage Simulator for Fleet Planning
Sofar Ocean has launched Wayfinder Voyage Simulator, a voyage planning tool that lets operators, commercial teams and chartering…
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Actionable Maritime Decarbonization With Berge Bulk and Sofar Ocean
Berge Bulk CEO James Marshall joined Sofar Ocean CEO Tim Janssen for a wide-ranging conversation focused on actionable maritime decarbonization strate...
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Weather Routing: Sofar Ocean Plots the Course
Sofar Ocean is on a quest to extract and put to use data from the world's waterways. Co-Founder and CEO Tim Janssen discusses…
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ABS & Sofar Ocean to Drive Decarbonization with Voyage Optimization
Voyage planning insights to drive decarbonization goals through dynamic route optimizat...
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Iterating faster with a modular-first approach to hardware architecture
Can hardware engineering and development cycles match those of software? At Sofar Ocean, we believe that we can produce rugged, durable, and mission-critical hardware quickly and iteratively by taking a modular approach.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Sofar Ocean over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
24
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python50%
C++30%
Rust20%
TypeScript20%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js20%
Databases
PostgreSQL10%
Snowflake10%
Cloud & platforms
AWS20%
FreeRTOS10%
SIEM10%
AWS Lambda10%
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24 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$170k
Typical range
$150k – $200k
Open positions
5
5
Jobs
Senior
40%
Staff
40%
Architect
20%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 2 | $185k | $170k – $200k |
| Staff | 2 | $155k | $150k – $160k |
| Architect | 1 | $170k | $170k |
Highest paying role
Security & IT Engineer
$200k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Sofar Ocean
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
People
Eric Stackpole
Executive Officer, Director
David Lang
Executive Officer, Director
Evan Shapiro
Executive Officer, Director
Tim Janssen
Executive Officer, Director
Jon Callaghan
Director
Peter Rive
Director
Lindel Eakman
Director
Ryan McIntyre
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
8
3 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
37 days
faster than 35% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
29% ▼
Networking
14% ▲
Customer Success
14%
Hardware
7% ▼
Support
7% ▲
Analytics
7% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added SOC 2 to stack
Oct 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Oct 2026
Added ISO 27001 to stack
Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Oct 2026
Added Dependabot to stack
Oct 2026
Added CloudFormation to stack
Oct 2026
Added Auth0 to stack
Oct 2026
Added Snowflake to stack
Oct 2026
Added Digital Twin to stack
Oct 2026
New location: India
Sep 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
Added Notion to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
4 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Support, Operations, Customer Success
Berkeley
United States
HQ
Copenhagen
Denmark
Support & operations
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Customer Success
Earlier presence
San Diego, United States
Norfolk, United States
Jobs
$150k – $200k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
CloudFormation
AWS
IAM
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Dependabot
Auth0
SIEM
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≈ $12k – $28k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Denmark, Philippines, Singapore) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Copenhagen
Snowflake
Robotics
Digital Twin
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Financials
Total raised
$67.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
5